False smoke alarm triggers fire response at Effingham office, Effingham IL
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Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a smoke detector alarm near South Banker Street Suite 6, finding no fire or evacuation, prompting concern over false alerts.
Audio|Heard on: South Central IL Public Safety
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Transcript:
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At the end fire department, all call, 575551.
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Report near South Banker Street, Suite 6,
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near South Banker Street,
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Suite 6 for a fire alarm.
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Point of activation is a smoke detector at 6.
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Having a fire department, all call 576, 575551.
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Respond to near South Banker Street, Suite 6,
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near South Banker Street, Suite 6 for a fire alarm.
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Point of activation was a detector in Suite 6.
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Firetile 5-7.
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575 show you in row.
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Fire side, 576 in row.
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575 sure you in row.
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575 in row.
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Special, 576 on scene, there's show up for two sides, I don't see any evacuation.
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576, message received, show you on T's.
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There are an autoval alarm going off as well.
01:36
There's 75 for 575, you can slowdowns.
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Location mentioned:
S Banker St, Effingham, IL 62401
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